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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tonight's hw is really ridiculous.  DD started at 5pm, didn't go to soccer practice, took a 45 min break for dinner, and probably has another 30 mins to an hour left..smh.  Spanish, AP History, Chemistry, and English. Thanks to no Algebra and the other subjects. My middle schooler is already saying he wont be playing any sports in HS if the hw load is anything like this.  Tonight's an odd night though, oh well....[/quote]

From your email, that totals nearly seven hours of work.  Are you including something like a paper for English or history (which can bump up the total a lot?).  Because even back when I was in high school (public school, many years ago) writing a paper could lead to very late nights.  (And we had to write a lot of English papers in particular, and some in history.)

If there is no major assessment involved like a paper, I think it is worth trying to explore what's going on with the homework experience since seven hours would not be normal.  Does your daughter read slowly?  Some kids have felt more confident after taking a speed-reading class.  Is she perhaps too much of a perfectionist in this context for any or all of the assignments?  Is she over annotating the history or English reading for the benefits (versus the costs of lost sleep?)  Is she possibly getting distracted (by use of the phone, internet)?  Is she in some classes that are too difficult for her such that she is overmatched by the material?  Were there "projects" short of a major paper due in all the classes on the same day, or multiple tests the next day and she felt she needed that much time to study?

Or is she really getting over 1.5 hours per night of homework in each course, in which case maybe getting her advisor involved could get a dialogue going with the school?  (I put this last because, honestly, I don't think it is typical to get 1.5 hours a night.)

Good luck, sounds like a very long day/night.[/quote]

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